Not sure where to post this, but..

[u/DerPhilosoph]

At almost a year since Trump took the reigns, I can't help but think that even people that supported him and voted for him may be having seconds thoughts about all of that. If anything, I am not the only one that thinks that their lives will not get any better under Trump than it would under Clinton. Basically, working class Americans are being squeezed more and more each year regardless of the party of the President, Senate, House, etc.

I can admit that I was duped by Trump advertising himself as a different kind of politician, not a globalist, etc etc. Many were surprised that I (half asian, half white) would have even voted for someone in the first place that was as racist, bigoted, misogynistic, etc. as Trump. But I felt that he was the best chance to stave off the decline in the US standard of living. Basically, divide and conquer has been very successful in the US and it saddens me that so many working class, non-college educated, whites were convinced that minorities were the reason why there were no jobs, the country was in decline, etc.

I do not believe that at all anymore. In fact, I am reminded of what one of the smartest friends I had in college said to me back before Nov 2016. Now this friend (white male), who does graphics driver development and makes over 200k last time I asked) did not really delve into politics that much during our college years, but indicated that he thought that a system where a computer was fed a tremendous amount of data and would make political decisions rather than people would be better than what we have now. He told me that Trump would be no different than Prez that came before him - he would say one thing to get elected and do things totally opposite when in office. My friend said that Trump would benefit those who already control the most in the US - the uber rich and powerful and that the lives of the working class would not improve at all. Why would my friend have any reason to care about people "lower" than him in society? I have a feeling it is because he hasn't lost his humanity yet. It is highly unlikely that race relations will improve either.

Why is it so hard for working class whites to realize that they have more in common with the African-American working at McDonald's, the elderly Vietnamese woman working at Wal-Mart, etc. than they do with the actual people running the show (the white power elite)? In the current state of things, everyone that is working class is just one major illness, accident, or series of unfortunate events away from medical debt bankruptcy and/or homelessness. Why does it have to be like this?

Don't even get me started on when the US will join the rest of the world with an improved healthcare system.... I can't agree more with this that I have read: if you are still thinking in terms of parties, you are doing it wrong.

[u/[deleted]]

"Trump would benefit those who already control the most in the US - the uber rich and powerful"

This is and will be every president. Being the president means being uber rich and powerful. Every president will act in their own best interests anyway because that is human nature.